I FAIL at photoshop

[ShadowGT]

K seriously what am i doing wrong? All i wanted to do was make the white background in my new avatar clear but no matter what i do it won't go clear. I've done transparent gif's before so i dunno whats wrong.

 

Can someone do me a big favour & remove the white background from this? You'd be doing me a big favour.

 

[BobbyV]

Try this and see what happens...

 

...I see it like it should be, without background

[And3rs]

There you go http://i396.photobucket.com/albums/pp49/SafiroTDU/050314.png

EDIT: too late ..

[hpluls]

Umm I see both of them with a light greyish/whitish background...

[Andreas¹]

You should see lil squares on Photoshop if something is transparent, don't know what you did wrong.

I did it, but no need to upload a third...

But this is how it should look if the background is transparent.

[BobbyV]

wooow what u gonna do with all of them now?:D

Let's see how many we can make!:crackup:

[hpluls]

Mine (done in 5 mins in Paint.NET with rubber tool, because I forgot how to fill spaces with transparent paint :p)

 

[mac_mogul]

When you're saving for web, be sure that you enable transparency. Otherwise it'll give you a white background by default.

 

I would also suggest saving as .png as it offers higher quality transparencies. The only browser that doesn't like it is Internet Explorer and nobody uses that anyway.

 

Here ya go :)

[hpluls]

The only browser that doesn't like it is Internet Explorer and nobody uses that anyway.

 

I do :p

[And3rs]

wtf...?? :D

[ShadowGT]

Thanks guys. I'll use mac moguls as he went to the trouble of removing the left over bits from crap lassoing lol.

[Andreas¹]

When you're saving for web, be sure that you enable transparency. Otherwise it'll give you a white background by default.

 

I would also suggest saving as .png as it offers higher quality transparencies. The only browser that doesn't like it is Internet Explorer and nobody uses that anyway.

I do. And he did save the first as a .png.

[BobbyV]

Thanks guys. I'll use mac moguls as he went to the trouble of removing the left over bits from crap lassoing lol.

In Phtshp that can be done without lassoing, u know. Tool called Magic Wand is perfect for selecting the plain backgrounds. For further adjustments like removing silhouette borders u can use tool Select>Modify>Border/expand/contract...

[hesonly5]

Pen tool! Always use the pen tool! *flaps*

[Andreas¹]

Pah, be quiet randy! xD Altough I HAVE started to use Pen Tool more often now... But meh, magic rubbery thingy for all white backgrounds :p

[ShadowGT]

*Sigh* it's happening again :( Are other people seeing my new avatar with a white background or no background? :(

[MR BAD]

White background is what I see.

[ShadowGT]

Damn it! I can make transparent backgrounds in photoshop but they appear white here :(

[KoenigseggBG]

Your new avatar rulez...:thumbsup:

[Sponge]

Damn it! I can make transparent backgrounds in photoshop but they appear white here :(

 

Why don't you make the background the same colour as the forum's grey? it will "Appear" transparent.

[Andreas¹]

Yep, it's white here too... But that's a great idea Mouse had :D

[Speedtouch]

Just make it the same colour as the website's background.

[ShadowGT]

LOL that actually worked better then i thought :)

[KoenigseggBG]

LOL that actually worked better then i thought :)

Now it looks even better...:thumbsup: